This is one of Joan Baez's classics, although it's a cover of a song written by a Chilean folk singer and visual artist: Violeta Parra, who committed suicide in 1967. Her song "Gracias a la vida", composed one year before her death, is one of the most covered latin american songs.

Thank you to life, which has given me so muchIt gave me two beams of light, that when openedCan perfectly distinguish black from whiteAnd in the sky above, her starry backdropAnd from within the multitudeThe one that I love

Thank you to life, which has given me so muchIt gave me an ear that, in all of its widthRecords— night and day—crickets and canariesHammers and turbines and bricks and stormsAnd the tender voice of my beloved

Thank you to life, which has given me so muchIt gave me sound and the alphabetWith them the words that I think and declareMother, Friend, Brother and the light shiningThe route of the soul from which comes love

Thank you to life, which has given me so muchIt gave me the ability to walk with my tired feetWith them I have traversed cities and puddlesValleys and deserts, mountains and plainsAnd your house, your street and your patio

Thank you to life, which has given me so muchIt gave me a heart, that causes my frame to shudderWhen I see the fruit of the human brainWhen I see good so far from badWhen I see within the clarity of your eyes

Thank you to life, which has given me so mucIt gave me laughter and it gave me longingWith them I distinguish happiness and painThe two materials from which my songs are formedAnd your song, as well, which is the same songAnd everyones song, which is my very song